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Wild Wild Card

Martin Schick

A wilder version of the Open Practice Format Wild Card,, which takes place every Friday as a training event. This is a space for experiments, focusing on a theme, testing out an idea... still always within the realm of shared movement practices, accessible to all bodies, backgrounds, and abilities. These training sessions are (usually) led by Martin Schick and take place once a month.


TANGO HACK
Tueday, March 24

A different approach to Tango-dancing, starting from a collective perspective, leaving out technical barriers and binary stuff like gender roles etc. This is an intent to allow access to tango dancing – usually demanding intense and expensive courses – in short time. Attention: This is about gentle physical touch and is a guided session by Martin Schick. Within this framework, we’re again seeking personal freedom, improvisation, and open interpretation. A very open space — welcoming any body who wishes to join!


BALLET HACK
Tuesday, April 21

This ballet session is ideal for everyone ...
a) not having tried Ballet dance before;
b) having been excluded as f.ex. because of a not-fitting-body;
c) still dealing with a trauma from childhood and/or dance career;
d) just being nostalgic or fascinated about it.

No ballet experience required. No mirrors. No worries. Bring a lot of clothes, so you can start well covered and unpack yourself during the class.

With Anna Heinimann & Martin Schick

QUEERING THE CIRCLE
Tuesday, MArch 19

Circular dances appear, in one form or another, across many cultures. They can evoke traumatic memories, feelings of exclusion, or even appropriation. Yet at the same time, they embody the collective power of people uniting, celebrating, and resisting. But what might circular dance look like if freed from nationalism and fixed cultural identity — if it embraced instead an internationalist, creole, and queer spirit? Unlike the regular Wild Card Training sessions, this one is rooted in exchange, developing repetitive steps, patterns, and principles. Within this framework, we’re again seeking personal freedom, improvisation, and open interpretation. A very open space — welcoming any body who wishes to join!

  • Bühne 2
    Tanzhaus Zürich
    Wasserwerkstrasse 129
    8037 Zürich
  • Wheelchair accessible

  • Wheelchair accessible

Tuesday, 19.05.2026
Clock 19:00 — 20:30

  • Pay as much as you want
  • Duration: 1h 30m
No booking required

Martin Schick

Martin Schick has made it a principle of his artistic work to constantly enter new contexts and to create or expand spaces that contradict the norm or have a special character of their own. Originally trained in dance and performance, he now accompanies collective and institutional projects, such as the Kalkbreite co-operative, as a cultural manager, participation expert or critical voice, conducts artistic research and is involved in activism. He has been involved with the Wild Card format at Tanzhaus Zürich for 8 years and is in favour of promoting collaborative practice as an alternative to spectacle.